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  89R3549 KRM-D     By: Miles S.B. No. 1783       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on the crushing of contaminated concrete   by certain concrete crushing facilities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0651 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.0651.     CONCRETE CRUSHING FACILITY; PROHIBITION ON   CONTAMINATED CONCRETE.   (a)   The commission by rule shall, as a   condition of issuing a permit or authorizing the use of a standard   permit under this chapter for a concrete crushing facility,   prohibit the facility from crushing concrete that has been exposed   to a chemical contaminant listed under Subsection (b).           (b)     The commission by rule shall establish a list of   chemicals that the commission finds may contaminate concrete in a   manner likely to cause adverse human health effects when that   concrete is crushed.   Before adding a chemical to the list, the   commission shall consider the degree of risk of the chemical   causing contamination of concrete and of that contamination to   cause adverse human health effects.          SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than March 1, 2026, the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules necessary to   implement the changes in law made by this Act, including by amending   any applicable standard permit issued under Chapter 382, Health and   Safety Code.          (b)  Notwithstanding any contrary provision of Chapter 382,   Health and Safety Code, the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality shall require a concrete crushing facility operating under   a permit or an authorization to use a standard permit issued before   the effective date of the rules described by Subsection (a) of this   section to comply with the rules as if the permit or authorization   had been issued after the effective date of the rules.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.